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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP
- Date added: January 18, 2005
- Total Downloads: 260,573
- Downloads last week: 90
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 39 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This utility provides competent PC protection, albeit in a different way than antivirus or anti-adware tools do. Rather than scanning your PC to ferret out specific offenders, ProcessGuard blocks all activities typical of malware and Trojan horses at a deep level. The program's interface is handy and requires minimal user configuration. However, you will need to run the utility in learning mode for several hours so ProcessGuard can examine your computer and determine which processes are safe. The application can prevent nefarious programs from reading, modifying, or stopping any application in the memory; disable access to physical memory; and stop unauthorized logging of drivers and services. It also provides additional protection by asking your permission every time a new application attempts to install. Although ProcessGuard demonstrated solid performance in our tests, we can't vouch for some of its more advanced features, which are disabled in this version. Still, the program makes a nice addition to your arsenal of PC-protection programs.Publisher's description
From DiamondCS :ProcessGuard is a powerful new type of security system that secures Windows at the lowest (kernel) level, allowing it to provide the maximum possible security. An intuitive interface makes the program very easy to use, and a comprehensive help file explains everything in full detail for those wanting to know more. ProcessGuard gives you full control over which programs are allowed to run and prevents even the stealthiest rootkit Trojan horses from being able to install malicious drivers. Virtually all known code/process-related attacks can be prevented, including keyloggers, firewall leak tests, process termination, code and DLL injection, thread hijacking, and Windows File Protection attacks.
Version 3.15 comes with new features and tweaks.
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- Average user rating: 3.2 stars out of 39 votes
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6 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Version: ProcessGuard 3.15
"Your personal security guard."
Pros: Process Guard sports a simple and easy to use interface with a multitude of options to help get your PC locked down and super secure.If you want to upgrade to the paid version.....which has even more options,... then that will take your security to an even higher level. The free version is more than enough protection for the regular PC user,yet powerful enough to be your final line of defense to stop all vermin in thier tracks.This program is a great compliment to you firewall and allows you to be DOUBLE protected.
Cons: Plain jane GUI, but that could be a good thing. If it helps all the noob's understand how to configure this proggy to help keep them safe,then I am all for a simple and plain interface.
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19 out of 30 people found this review helpful
Version: ProcessGuard 3.15
Pros: ...and didn't disappoint!!!! Was using PrevX, which I find very effective, but noticed an ever growing log-file and some slow-down of other apps. even though they were allowed, so I gave this a try. A noticeable difference! Just as easy to set up but this is a much smaller dLo with no slow-down of other progs. This relies more on help-forums for questions as opposed to what other-users experience. What's the diff you ask? PrevX is often using the net for advice whereas this has you find out yourself, so it's a control-issue basically! Pop-ups are less irritating too!
Cons: nada
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37 out of 63 people found this review helpful
Version: ProcessGuard 3.15
"FUDWARE mislabled as freeware."
Pros: Good functional concept, but ..
Cons: Mislabeled as freeware and has no real trial period.
Must be paid for or it becomes useless quickly.
If not purchased your system becomes more vulnerable than it was before the installation.
Difficult to uninstall.
Once installed, unless you buy it it becomes useless very quickly, and it leaves your system more vulnerable than it was before.
Falsely labeling this freeware, when it is not, is an unscrupulous business practice which strongly undermines trust, and one which should rightly make the consumer wary.
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13 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Version: ProcessGuard 3.15
"Good concept, needs improvement"
Pros: I like the main feature of this program, to prevent viruses and spyware from executing.
Cons: Slows system performance after a few hours. And it would take up 10-15MB of memory on average with three separate processes. This is a limited free version with basic monitoring only, so there should also be a fully functional trial.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ProcessGuard 3.15
"Good idea, kind of intrusive"
Pros: It catches any processes doing suspicious things, and does a pretty good job.
Cons: It takes quite a bit of memory, occasionally causes crashes, and is not freeware. Some features are disabled. In conclusion, I don't think ProcessGuard is necessary if you have a good antivirus and firewall.
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